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- 2018
- Working Paper
Taxation and Innovation in the 20th Century
By: Ufuk Akcigit, John Grigsby, Tom Nicholas and Stefanie Stantcheva
This paper studies the effect of corporate and personal taxes on innovation in the United States over the 20th century. We use three new datasets: a panel of the universe of inventors who patent since 1920; a dataset of the employment, location, and patents of firms... View Details
Akcigit, Ufuk, John Grigsby, Tom Nicholas, and Stefanie Stantcheva. "Taxation and Innovation in the 20th Century." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 24982, September 2018. (Forthcoming in Quarterly Journal of Economics.)
- February 1999 (Revised October 2009)
- Background Note
Debt v. Equity: Definitions and Consequences
By: Henry B. Reiling and Mark Pollard
Explores the location of the somewhat imprecise line between debt and equity. Identifies the primary business contexts that give rise to problems, the alternative tax consequences attending the debt versus equity determination, and the most prominent tests used to... View Details
Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Equity; Interest Rates; Taxation; Business and Government Relations; Public Administration Industry
Reiling, Henry B., and Mark Pollard. "Debt v. Equity: Definitions and Consequences." Harvard Business School Background Note 299-041, February 1999. (Revised October 2009.)
- August 2020 (Revised October 2021)
- Case
India 2020 – Governance and Growth
In January 2012, the government of India faced significant challenges to achieving three key objectives of high growth, inclusive development, and improved governance. The economy was experiencing a growth slowdown, persistently high inflation, and infrastructure and... View Details
Vietor, Richard H. K. "India 2020 – Governance and Growth." Harvard Business School Case 721-002, August 2020. (Revised October 2021.)
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories
spartan, vinyl-floored office in a former communist-run railroad repair yard, and Jeanne Hilsinger insists that is precisely where she wants to be. Now CFO of Mavel a.s., a Czech manufacturer of turbines and... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- Research Summary
Overview
Professor Fibiger conducts research on twentieth-century international history, focusing primarily on political economy and international relations in Southeast Asia.
Professor Fibiger's first book is entitled Suharto's Cold War: Indonesia, Southeast... View Details
Professor Fibiger's first book is entitled Suharto's Cold War: Indonesia, Southeast... View Details
- 2024
- Working Paper
Migration, Climate Similarity, and the Consequences of Climate Mismatch
By: Marguerite Obolensky, Marco Tabellini and Charles Taylor
This paper examines the concept of “climate matching” in migration—the idea that migrants seek out destinations with familiar climates. Focusing on the US, we document that temperature distance between origin and destination predicts the distribution of migrants across... View Details
Keywords: Migration; Climate; Immigration; Residency; Weather; Ethnicity; Climate Change; Geographic Location; Policy; United States
Obolensky, Marguerite, Marco Tabellini, and Charles Taylor. "Migration, Climate Similarity, and the Consequences of Climate Mismatch." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-031, November 2023. (Revised November 2024. Also available from VoxEU, e-axes, and HBS Working Knowledge.)
- 2020
- Chapter
Reflections on Comparing China and India
By: Tarun Khanna
In this essay, the introductory chapter to an edited volume (Bajpai, Ho and Miller (edited), Routledge Handbook of China-India Relations, 2020), I reflect on two decades of my comparative scholarship on the trajectories of modern China and India, with a lens... View Details
Keywords: Country Analysis; Comparative Analysis; International Relations; Entrepreneurship; China; India
Khanna, Tarun. "Reflections on Comparing China and India." Chap. 1 in Routledge Handbook of China–India Relations, edited by Kanti Bajpai, Selina Ho, and Manjari Chatterjee Miller, 18–32. New York: Routledge, 2020.
- 2019
- Book
Disciples of the State?: Religion and State-Building in the Former Ottoman World
By: Kristin Fabbe
As the Ottoman Empire crumbled, the Middle East and Balkans became the site of contestation and cooperation between the traditional forces of religion and the emergent machine of the sovereign state. Yet such strategic interaction rarely yielded a decisive victory for... View Details
Keywords: Ottoman Empire; Secularism; State-building; Religion; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; History; Turkey; Greece; Middle East
Fabbe, Kristin. Disciples of the State?: Religion and State-Building in the Former Ottoman World. Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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Overview
By: Debora L. Spar
My work focuses generally on the intersection between technological change and societal structures, and on the many areas in which business both shapes and is shaped by societal norms. View Details
Keywords: Technological And Scientific Innovation; Technological Change: Choices And Consequences; Business & Government Relations; Business And Community; Capitalism; Reproduction; Technological Innovation; Government and Politics; Gender; Business History; Business and Government Relations; Education Industry; United States; Europe; Africa; Asia
- November 2001 (Revised February 2002)
- Background Note
Note on Tax and Accounting Treatment of Restricted Stock Awards, Nonqualified Stock Options, and Incentive Stock Options and the Securities Law Applicable Thereto
Outlines the tax and accounting treatment of restricted stock awards, nonqualified stock options, and incentive stock options, including the effect of making a Section 83(b) election for unvested stock. View Details
Bagley, Constance E. "Note on Tax and Accounting Treatment of Restricted Stock Awards, Nonqualified Stock Options, and Incentive Stock Options and the Securities Law Applicable Thereto." Harvard Business School Background Note 802-125, November 2001. (Revised February 2002.)
- 24 Feb 2022
- Op-Ed
Want to Prevent the Next Hospital Bed Crisis? Enlist the SEC
responsibilities—engender the required transparency? In contrast to approaches that rely on HHS, our recommendation for building hospital capacity uses the power of the Securities and Exchange Commission... View Details
- 1994
- Article
Energy Taxes and Aggregate Economic Activity
By: J. J. Rotemberg and Michael Woodford
Rotemberg, J. J., and Michael Woodford. "Energy Taxes and Aggregate Economic Activity." Tax Policy and the Economy 8 (1994): 159–195.
- Web
Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Cluster (2013) Germany Baden-Wuerttemberg Automobile Cluster (2015) Germany Wind Power Cluster (2010) Germany’s Photovoltaic Cluster (2009) Hamburg Aviation Cluster (2009) Biotechnology and Life Sciences in... View Details
- Book Review
Negotiating with Iran: Cultural and Historical Insights
In a vitally important relationship famously caricatured as the "Mad Mullahs" v. the "Great Satan," the fraught negotiating history and future of Iran and the United States demands historical, cultural, and psychological insight if there is to be any prospect of... View Details
Sebenius, James K. "Negotiating with Iran: Cultural and Historical Insights." Negotiation Journal 27, no. 4 (October 2011): 493–497.
- 09 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations
negotiate only considering the interests of those at the bargaining table when those who are not at the table will be affected by what is negotiated and can assert their rights or power in the future. A... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra
- October 2008
- Article
Sociopolitical Dynamics in Relations Between Top Managers and Security Analysts: Favor Rendering, Reciprocity, and Analyst Stock Recommendations
By: James Westphal and Michael B. Clement
We examine how the disclosure of negative firm information may prompt top executives to render personal and professional favors for security analysts, who may reciprocate by rating firms relatively positively. We further examine how negative ratings may prompt... View Details
Westphal, James, and Michael B. Clement. "Sociopolitical Dynamics in Relations Between Top Managers and Security Analysts: Favor Rendering, Reciprocity, and Analyst Stock Recommendations." Academy of Management Journal 51, no. 5 (October 2008): 873–897.
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
Altruism and solidarity were also significant drivers in the private sector, resulting in large part from the long-standing tradition of charity and civil commitment derived from the region's View Details
- March 1994 (Revised April 1995)
- Teaching Note
Power, Greed and Glory on Wall Street: The Fall of Lehman Brothers, Parts I and II TN
By: Linda A. Hill and Katherine Seger Weber
Teaching Note for Reprints (1-285-151) and (1-286-042). View Details
- April 2017
- Teaching Plan
An Intern's Dilemma (A) and (B)
By: Sandra J. Sucher
Teaching Plan for HBS Nos. 316-128 and 316-129. View Details
- April 1997
- Case
Private Management and Public Schools (B)
Examines the prospects for private management in U.S. public schools. Focuses on the education and business strategies of firms seeking to expand as a result of charter school legislation that allowed for-profit entities to enter and compete for students with access to... View Details
Keywords: For-Profit Firms; Public Sector; Value; Education; Business Strategy; Government and Politics; Education Industry; United States
Dyck, Alexander, and Danielle J. Melito. "Private Management and Public Schools (B)." Harvard Business School Case 797-114, April 1997.